ˈsob ˌstory noun [countable] informal
a story, especially one that is not true, that someone tells you in order to make you feel sorry for them:
a sob story about how she lost all her money

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sob story
a sad story that someone tells you about themselves in order to make you feel sympathy for them.
She told me some sob story about not having enough money to go and see her father who was ill.

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sob story
a story that makes one feel pity or sorrow
My sister told me a sob story about how she had lost her job.

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sob story
n. A story that makes you feel pity or sorrow; a tale that makes you tearful.
The beggar told us a long sob story before he asked for money.
The movie is based on a sob story, but people love it.

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